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Letting go of words and history

Letting go of words and history

"That's our word and you can't have it back," the actor-rapper Ice Cube told comedian Bill Maher Friday night on Maher's HBO show.
Blooming beauties

Blooming beauties

Tulips are a great way to add spring colour to the landscape. These winter-hardy bulbs have everything they need stored inside and only need to be planted in early fall so that they can get a good root system established before winter sets in.
A taker, a keeper or a giver?

A taker, a keeper or a giver?

As people journey through life on earth, they adopt certain basic theories as to how they will conduct themselves in relationship with their fellow human kind.
Trudeau not as great as Travers says

Trudeau not as great as Travers says

I take great insult to the opinion posted in your paper by Kathi Travers in June 1 issue, regarding the new Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer.
Opinion: Understanding the nature of power

Opinion: Understanding the nature of power

"Coercion, authority and influence are the three main forms of power."
Sunk costs, Site C and transit hubs

Sunk costs, Site C and transit hubs

You hate your job and your boss but you've been at that same employer for 20 years and have a lot of great memories from the good old days. You stay, even though there are no signs of those days ever coming back.
Begbie decision about appeasement, not truth

Begbie decision about appeasement, not truth

Like the old Soviet Communist Party airbrushing Leon Trotsky from photographs of Joseph Stalin, the Law Society of B.C. is erasing the province's first chief justice from its image.
Editorial nailed Trump

Editorial nailed Trump

I just finished reading Mr. Godbout's editorial called The Danger of Feeling Safe, which was the guest editorial in our paper in Kelowna this morning. I just have to tell you, Mr.
Science is confusing

Science is confusing

"This could be one of many universes" headed Todd Whitcombe's article, which appeared in The Citizen on May 25.
MRI often overused

MRI often overused

I read with interest the story of a patient who was placed on a two-year waiting list for an MRI at our hospital.